New York Philharmonic To Present Free CONCERTS IN THE PARKS

The New York Philharmonic will present its annual Concerts in the Parks series June 9–12, 2026, with performances across all five boroughs, followed by a free indoor concert on June 14.

The concerts will be conducted by Elim Chan, marking her first time leading the series, and will feature Principal Cello Carter Brey in his final New York City solo appearances before retiring at the end of the 2025–26 season.

The outdoor concerts will take place at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (June 9), the Great Lawn in Central Park (June 10), Cunningham Park in Queens (June 11), and Prospect Park in Brooklyn (June 12), with all performances beginning at 8:00 p.m. Each concert will conclude with fireworks, and select locations will include pre-concert performances featuring ensembles from Philharmonic education and community programs.

The program will include Saint-Saëns’s Cello Concerto No. 1, performed by Brey, alongside works such as Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, Joan Tower’s Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1, Berlioz’s Le Corsaire Overture, Dukas’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and Ravel’s Boléro, as well as compositions by participants in the Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers program.

Following the outdoor series, musicians from the Philharmonic will present a free indoor concert on June 14 at St. George Theatre. The program will include Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet, with tickets available beginning May 19.

“The New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks are an enormous point of pride for New Yorkers,” said President and CEO Matías Tarnopolsky. “These free concerts manifest our most essential truth: music brings people together.”

Since their launch in 1965, the Concerts in the Parks series has drawn more than 15 million attendees, offering free access to live orchestral music across New York City. Admission to all outdoor performances is free and does not require tickets.